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No. 272,273. Patented Feb. 13,1883.

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GEORGE A. LEAVITT, JR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,273, dated February13,1883.

Application filed September 28, 1882. (No model.)

ends the chair is made with a back extending upward from the ground orother surface on which the chair rests, having combiiied with it ahinged seat in front and a hinged prop in the rear, said seat and propfolding up against opposite sides of the back when the chair is closed,as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a. folding chair embodyingmy invention and as extended for use, and Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame folded. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a modified constructionof the chair, showing the same extended; and Fig. 4, a side view of thesame closed.

Referring in the first instance to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,A isthe chair-back, of any desired height or length and width.

B is the seat, which is connected with the back A in front at its lowerend by hinges b, arranged to admit of the seat closing up against theback and of opening so as to rest but upon the ground, as shown in Fig.1.

Hinged to the upper end of the back A in its rear, as at c, is a prop,0, extending down to the ground and serving, as it is more or lessspread outward, to vary the angular position of the back A, relativelyto the seat B, as well as to support said back.

Both the seat and back may either be left plain or be covered with anysuitable material.

A folding chair thus constructed will be found well adapted both forinvalids and pleasure parties. Thus, by placing a pillow on the seat oragainst the seat and back, an invalid who cannot be, lifted from his bedto sit up may easily have the chair passed under and adjusted to him onthe bed. It will also be found very useful to other sufierers who arecompelled to occupy a partially --recumbent and partially-sittingposture, and exceedingly convenient to pleasure seekers at the seaside,or for use on a lawn, as by such chair the occupant can be seated as ifon the ground without exposing his person to the risk of cold bydampness in the ground, and at the same time have a support for hisback. hen the chair is folded, as shown in Fig. 2, it is very compactand readily portable.

The modification represented in Figs. 3 and 4 also shows the back A withthe seat B hinged to it in front, and with a rear hinged prop, O, forsupporting and adjusting the inclination of the back, and the wholefolding up flat, as represented in Fig. 4; but in this case the seat 13is hinged to the back at some distance above its lower end, and a brace,D, hinged to the seat at d and resting against or engaging with a notch,c, in the back A, serves to support the seat when extended, as shown inFig. 3.

If desired, a chain or cord may be used to connect the back A and rearprop, (l, at any suitable distance below the hinge b, to keep said propfrom slipping and to retain it in a given angular position relatively tothe back when the chair is extended.

I am aware thata seat-frame adapted to be secured to a board or benchhas been provided with a hinged back held at any desired inclination byside straps secured to the said frames; and I am also aware that a seathas been provided with a hinged back held at any desired inclination bya spring attached to the back and seat, and a screw working in a nut onthe back and taking against a step on the seat; and I am further awarethat a frame supporting an adjustable head-rest and an awning, andhaving a canvas back and apron or skirt made in one piece, has beenprovided with a hinged frame forsupporting it in any desired position,and I therefore do not claim such inventions. 7

Having thus described my invention, what lit I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters to be moved to or from the back to vary its Patent,is inclination, substantially as herein shown and 10 In a folding chair,the combination, with the described.

back A, of the seat L, hinged to the lower GEORGE LEAVITT, JR.

5 front edge thereof and adapted to rest upon the ground, and the propO, hinged to the up- Witnesses: per rear portion of the back and havingits EDGAR TATE, free end resting upon the ground, and adapted EDWD. M.CLARK.

